Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4866

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Law 28 of 1969 concerning Labour in the Oil Operations Sector. Its application to Kuwaitis employed by national companies. Its implication. There is no room to apply the equalization rule stipulated in the Labour Law for the Private Sector in its capacity as the law. Disregarding the special law in order to apply the general law. Impermissible. The reason therefor.
Arabic original
القانون ٢٨ لسنة ١٩٦٩ بشأن العمل في قطاع الأعمال النفطية. سريانه على الكويتيين العاملين بالشركات الوطنية. مؤداه. لا محل لإعمال قاعدة التسوية المنصوص عليها في قانون العمل في القطاع الأهلي باعتباره القانون. إهدارالقانون الخاص لإعمال القانون العام. غير جائز. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/١٩٧٥ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١/١٩٧٦ - مج ٧ س ص ١٩٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 938. PDF pages: 938.

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